Obama excluded US military intervention in Ukraine

The United States will not go to military interference in the situation in Ukraine. About this American President Barack Obama said in an interview with NBC TV channel

“We are not going to get involved in the military scenario in Ukraine. There is another way, and I think even Ukrainians admit that our armed confrontation with Russia will be inappropriate and will not benefit Ukraine itself,” Obama said.

As a reaction to Russia's actions in Ukraine, they can. According to Obama, additional economic sanctions have been introduced. “We intend to mobilize all our diplomatic resources to make sure that we have a strong international coalition that sends a clear signal,” the US President said.

Due to the "aggression" and the ongoing "provocations" of Russia in Ukraine, the United States are ready to impose new sanctions against Moscow. This was announced at a meeting of the UN Security Council by a regular representative of the United States at the UN Samantha Power, BBC reports . "What happened in Crimea should not repeat in other parts of Ukraine," she said.

Germany suspended cooperation in the military sphere between the Rheinmetall defense concern and the Russian army because of Russia's actions in Ukraine. "The federal government believes that in the current situation, the implementation of the transaction on the construction of the combat training center is impossible for Russian soldiers," the German Ministry of Economy said on Wednesday evening.

Earlier, the UK announced the suspension of military cooperation with Moscow. It was reported that the already planned naval exercises of France, Great Britain, the USA and Russia are canceled.

On Monday , sanctions against a number of Russian and Crimean officials were introduced by the United States, the European Union, as well as Canada. Obama signed an order to block assets and introduce visa restrictions for 11 Russian and Ukrainian citizens who, according to Washington, are responsible for the actions of Russia in the Crimea. The EU sanctions list includes the 21st name. France threatened Russia with a break in the contract for the supply of helicopter carriers of the Mistral type.

The European Union summit will be held on Thursday. It is expected that it will consider the issue of additional sanctions against Russia.